2 Day Tuna Trip September 10 & 11, 2011

We headed to the end of a sizeable slug of warm water, and steamed down to a near-10-degree break (65 degrees up against 74-plus degrees) between Hydrographer’s and Veatch’s Approaching the break Saturday morning, Joe noted the water—while blue—was a bit cloudy for the first mile of the transition. It was right around 74.5 degrees that water abruptly turned a brilliant, crystal-clear cobalt blue and—not surprisingly—rods went off. Shortly thereafter, a nice 20-pound-class mahi and several yellows were chilling in the slush box. Through the day on Saturday, they worked a temp line, following that 74.5-degree (or thereabouts) water, keeping a very close eye on the boat’s Furuno scanning sonar, which lets him mark fish way outside the boat’s track.

By sundown, the crew had boated nearly 30 yellowfins, both on the trolled lures, and by slinging jigs during troll hook-ups—bird-dogging a few extra fish out of every hook-up. Set up for the night just after sundown, the boys had a flurry of fish that put five yellows in the boat, followed by a prolonged lull until roughly 2 a.m., when the bite on bait and jigs was hot up to the dawn hours. Back on the troll early, they managed a few more tuna. Right around 9 a.m., Something took off screaming with a giant black/purple jethead in its face, and 12-year-old Tyler Huckemeyer—Joe’s number-one son—took the rod. Fifteen minutes and four wild runs later, Wee Huck watched as his prize, 70-pound slammer of a wahoo, came aboard with a pair of gaffs in its head.

Congratulations, Tyler, on a fine fish to punctuate your first-ever tuna trip! For what it’s worth, in a season when it looks like most of the action is going to unfold at points east, the Helen’s Hyannis slip puts her much closer to the fishing grounds/waters for a shorter ride. There are still openings on some of the upcoming two-day trips, which sail Monday-Tuesday, Thursday-Friday and Saturday-Sunday well into October, leaving early-morning and returning early the following evening. Call the office for further details, rates, reservations and scheduling updates: 508-790-0660.

Our final count was:

60 YELLOWFIN

3 LONGFIN

1 WAHOO

1MAHI

2 Day Tuna August 17 & 18, 2011

We picked away on the Ma-hi through out the night along with a 80 lb Swordfish. Ma-hi were up to 10 lbs, with only a few tuna before daybreak. We set backup on the troll and picked away at the Yellow Fin until noon. We caught Yellow Fin on the troll and on jigs. Our final count was: 24 Yellow Fin, 25 Mahi and 1 Sword.

3 Day Tuna September 3, 4 & 5, 2011

Mid day we showed up at the tip of Hydrographers Canyon. Before all the rigs were in the water we had one on. First fish was a 60 lb Yellow Fin. Most of the day was slow into the night with only a few more hits and a couple more tuna in the boat. In the morning we were on the troll again and put a quick 5 nice size Yellow Fin in the boat. We worked toward Oceanographers and back to Welker Canyon where we picked away on Yellow Fin and a few Long Fin Tuna. We stayed there for the night and saw our first tuna around 3:30 AM. The bite got hot from 4 to 6 AM. The biggest fish was caught by Frank Machonis from Winchendon, MA weighing in a 80 lbs. Our final count for the trip was: 33 Yellow Fin, 4 Long Fin and 3 Ma-hi

Capt. Joe set out on another 3 Day Tuna trip yesterday Tuesday and as of last night he had 7 Yellow Fin, 2 Long Fin and a 15 lb Ma-hi. The full report will be posted when he returns on Thursday September 8.

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Sunday, July 31, 2011 Nantucket Fluke Trip

Picture perfect fluke trip today. Big tides, no wind and hungry fish. Today we stopped a little short from where we fished last week and got on them right away. The size was up even from what we had last week. The pool was close with Dave Henn of Yardley PA just beating out Steve Meyers of Oxford CT. I am sure they were both happy being they each had 10 pound fluke. Dave caught his doormat with a nuclear chicken colored gulp grub on a large bucktail with another gulp 2 feet above. The gulp grubs have been the hot  ticket lately .  Today the big hard core fluke groups were out showing their  fluke talent  including the Kittley group from Long Island, the Gammone group from Queens and the Dudek group from Belmar NJ. Thanks for coming guys.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Another great day of fluke fishing off the beach at Nantucket. Today we had a nice mix of fish with many in the 5 to 7 pound range and a few up to 9.  The top fish was 10.4 pounds caught by Ed Mott of East Rockaway NY.

Link below has great pictures from  both trips:

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Todays wreck trip was looking questionable when we got down to the boat at 2am with 25 knots of wind. But as the wind maps were showing a quick drop in the wind was right on schedule. We spent most of the morning on one wreck with fast action on nice size cod and pollock . Lots of fish in the 10 to 20 pound range. We hit a few more wrecks with a pick on a couple and slow fishing on another. The last couple of hours of the trip had fast fishing on a rock pile a little closer to home with very good action right till it was time to go home.

GREAT SUMMER CODFISHING.

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The Nantucket fluke trips have been holding very strong with many big fish each day. Some of the nicer fish were Brian Jeon of Boston 9 pounds, Kevin Buck Bristol PA 8 pounds, and Tofu Brooklyn NY 9.5 pounds. A few less of the jumbo Seabass but still plenty to go around. We will be sailing Sun and Mon for the rest of August and the only one Saturday, that is August 6. Be sure to make reservations to guarantee a spot.  Go to our gallery for more great pictures from this trip.

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Last Thursday we had the Cape Cod Salties Sport Fishing Club out on their annual fluke and seabass trip. The weather look a little tough from the dock but the wind maps showed a lot less wind where we have been fishing. On the fishing grounds we had 18-20 knots of wind and the current running in the same direction. This made for a decent drift early and later in the trip but mid day14-20 ounce sinkers were needed to hold bottom. Early in the trip Randell Sherman of West YarmouthMA pulled out a nine plus pounder to take the lead in the pool. Late in the day his hopes were taken away by Winston Chiong of Newton MA with a beautiful 12 1/2 pound fluke. Many big seabass were also landed through the day. The cooler waters around Nantucket has kept the bait around and in turn kept the fluke and seabass around as well. We have two to three trips a week scheduled .call the office for details.

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This Sunday was another great fluke trip with ideal weather and fishing conditions. Nonstop action with big fluke and seabass. The top fluke was caught by Alirio Gomes of Dorchester MA weighing in at10.2 pounds. The big seabass of the day was caught by Hon Luu of Boston MA weighing in at 5.75 pounds. On Monday fishing conditions were not as good with breezy conditions and big tides. The pace was not as fast but the fish added up by the end of the day. The big fish of the day was caught by Greg Sanford of Jamaica Plains with a 9.5 pound fluke. The size has been holding strong with just a few shorts on the boat. Space is still available on this up coming Sunday and Monday trips.

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Today was another excellent fluke trip with fluke up to 8 pounds and seabass to 4 1/2 pounds. The pool winner was John Sorcenelli of Cotuit M.A. with the largest of the number of 7 1/2-8 pound class fluke. We also had a few shots of jumbo seabass during slack tide. The water is still cool in the mid sixties which is keeping the bait (baby butterfish, squid) around. With the large amount of bait we have seen bluefin tuna, a mako and a humpback whale right off the beach in the last few days. We still have a few spots available for next sunday and monday limited nantucket fluke trips. Call the office for Reservations and information.

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Captain Joe Huck

This weekends trip could not have been any better. The weather was perfect with sunny skies and light winds.
In many locations a good solid breeze is ideal for fluke fishing but with the strong currents we have around
the Cape and Islands that was all we needed to get a good drift going. Lately we have been fishing 60- 70 foot
depths with a great showing of fluke up to 11 pounds and seabass to 5 1/2 pounds. We started the day off
with a 10.4 pound fluke on the first drift. As big as that fish was it was beat out on the second drift with an
11.2 pound fluke caught by Peter Kim of Melville N.Y. The action was good through the day and we wore out
most anglers. We made or way into the Nantucket Boat Basin, tied up and everyone headed for the showers
and dinner. At 3:30 AM we headed out at a slow bell for the fishing grounds. The second day was a repeat
of the first with fast action and nice size fish. Not as many of the big seabass as on saturday but still a decent
number. The big fish of the day was 10.2 pounds caught by Wayne Miedzwiecki of Staten Island N.Y.
A number of anglers have been asking about a late season two day fluke trip, we are working on a date .
Call if you are interested or for info on our one day nantucket trips sailing Sundays and Mondays. Resv.
a must to secure a spot on the trips.

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Capt. Joe Huck

Capt Walt on the Angler was out on a 1/2 day Fluke trip today and Tom Dudek, from NJ caught a 11 lb fluke and Danny caught a 10 lb Fluke. Capt Joe on the Helen H was out on the past Monday on a Full Day Nantuket Fluke trip and caught lots of  nice fish around the 9 lb range.   Sailing this weekend on a 2 Day Nantucket Fluke Trip and a 1 Day Nantucket Fluke on Monday space available.

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